Weekend Giveaway A Valentine For Him – Winner!

I always find making a masculine Valentine’s card &/or gift to be a difficult task. Hearts, flowers, little x’s & o’s & the like just don’t feel very manly. With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, I bring this question to all of you:

What Valentine’s crafty creations do you make for the men in your life? Do you buy your gifts for him instead?

Either way, tell us all about it! Post your comments, or better yet email me a picture, and enter to win:

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Happy weekend & good luck to all!

xoxo!

The Ribbon Lady

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Winner!

We have a winner! Congratulations to:

Colleen H: I ususally make a card and then get mmy husband some chocolate, but I did something else fot our anniversary a couple of years ago and may try again for Valentine’s – a chocolate bar bouquet!

Being a floral designer by the time valentines has come. .. and the day is over = glass of wine and another valentines day, complete. Me and my husband we usually go out to a fancy dinner post valentines and enjoy the romance on another day 🙂 BUT I would love to wrap my self in May arts ribbon and give my self to my husband!

I plan on giving hubby a card, and I also plan to make a nice dinner for him that night. It's stamping group day that day, so I won't be home, I'll be creating. Hubby will be immersed in technology 😀 Oh, and I can't forget, I'll make sure we have some talk and cuddle time that day too 🙂

My husband and I don't really exchange gifts often. But in the past I've made heartfelt cards for him on vday. I would say a favorite drink or treat of his decorated in hearts and whatnot would be perfect.

If not too late, we are off to Paris!! A bit of a double celebration, he had his 50th this weekend and to celebration Valentines day of course! you have to do at least one Valentines day in the city of love!!

I always make handmade Valentines Day cards, and this year I also made some mini-mailbox decorations using Hershey Nugget chocolates. I saw it online and just had to pull out my Valentine papers and start crafting! This year I also had our 18 month old make a Valentine card for her daddy! Messy, but so much fun!

Honestly, I don't think men hate cards, they they just may prefer having a woman tell them how much they respect him rather than hearing all the lovely dovey stuff. And who can go wrong with candy for either sex! My husband loves the cinnoman gummy hearts!

We don't tend to make a huge deal out of Valentine's Day at our house. It's less a couple's occasion and more a family celebration. Usually I will cook a special meal and we will eat it at the table (with the kids!) with candles lit and then have some sort of special homemade dessert. The kids get the gifts not us! I will probably make him a card for Valentines Day this year, one of the fancier ones and get him some chocolate or something he likes (bacon?).

I usually make him a hand made card, so I can customize it with his favorite color (red, and I make sure it's not too feminine!!), and one year I took a small photo album with drop in pages, and stamped on the pages and wrote on each page something that I love or appreciate about him. He loved it and still takes it out to look through at times. I left a few pages out so I could add to it later on: I need to add to it this year!

I usually make a heart shaped cheesecake for the hubs & a card of some sort… I could fingerpaint a heart on tissue paper and my husband would go on and on about how wonderful it is… LOL!!! he's such a great guy!!!!

My hubs loves fruit so Edible Arrangements is a favorite place to grap a Valentine treat for him topped off with a handmade card! Thanks so much for posing this question…it's fun to read throught the responses and get some new ideas! Have a great weekend!

Valentines Day is very close to my heart … My Hubster proposed on Valentines day and we were married 10 years later on valentines day! To read a Lil Love story and see my hand painted watercolor card here in our wedding flowers and colors. it's on my face book and my blog here http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/?p=1745

My husband truly appreciates any hand-made card with an appropriate sentiment. I have made him books and boxes too, and he saves everything I make for him for any occasion, not just Valentines. Of couse beautiful ribbon adds elegance to any project and for that I depend on MA products!

My hubby and I don't make a big deal about gifts on Valentine's Day…instead we always do a nice dinner alone. Since we don't get to go out very often without our girls, it's really special to us! I do usually make him a card though. 😉
– April W

I don't usually make crafty stuff for my DH, but I have started making him cards for special days. And I was very surprised to see that he displays them in his home office for months! I will buy him some books for his new Kindle this year!

Hi, My hubby's birthday is Feb. 13 so I usually make 2 separate cards for him….one for b-day and one for v-day. I try to make them using something that relates to what he likes to do or poke fun at him. He always gets such a kick out of them. We don't exchange gifts for v-day …. after 51 years of marriage we definitely know that we are each other's special Valentine, lol! We are planning a family get together for his birthday this year since it will be a milestone year (70)…our children & grandchildren will be come in to celebrate with him.http://www.stampersanonymous13.blogspot.com/2011/12/mr-fixit.html This is his birthday card that I already have ready for him…It fits him to a T!!! And here is his valentine card: /http://www.stampersanonymous13.blogspot.com/2012/01/romantic-mailbox.html. Thanks for a chance to win some of your fantastic ribbon!!!

Wheneve I make a card for my husband it has to have a tree on it. He's a forester/woodworker. Nature is his game, oh wait, he loves dogs too, so sometimes it is a card from our bestest dog, Buddy! I think he likes Buddy cards the best!

I usually make him a card using guyish papers and twine or jute type ribbon with some buttons and give him chocolates but this year I am planning on making him cupcakes because he loves cake. He's not a big holiday kinda guy so it makes it difficult. Thanks for the chance to win some of your fabulous ribbon!

I get the pleasure of having my hubby's bday the day after valentine's. I usually try to make him a mushy card for valentine's then something humorous for his bday (thinking about angry birds since he is addicted to that game). My gift to him is taking him out to supper (both nights) so he doesn't feel slighted!

No man in my life either, so I'm on my own for Valentine's Day this year. I do have plans to go out to dinner with a group I belong to. We do a monthly ATC exchange and get-together, and this month it just happens to fall on Valentine's Day. Happy to get to spend it doing something! Maybe I'll make the gals all a little treat, adorned with a bit of ribbon, no doubt!
DeniseB

I've done a couple of different mini albums or scrapbooks just for daddy of reasons why we love him. One year I even made him a pair of boxers just for the fun of it. This year my plan is to make his favorite meal, but it also depends on when my baby-who is due on Valentine's Day-decides to come.

Made a special card for my hubby. Think he looks forward to seeing what creation I am going to make him for each holiday. No special plans other than spending time with our four year old. I'm sure a bottle of wine and home cooked meal is in the works too. Here's a link to the card I made him.http:[email protected]/6761220369/

I'm going to make a frame I saw on Pinterest that has in vinyl on it "I love you because" and then you can write on the glass why you're particularly happy with your husband at any given time and wipe it off and change it as necessary. Just hope I never have to leave it blank, LOL! Going to try to post a link. http://thestewartestate.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-message-board-tutorial.html

Things have been pretty crazy in our lives lately and I haven't even considered Valentines day or his birthday the day after. I feel like Valentines day is one day that you can get a little "frilly" for a guy and have it be okay.

We don't have extra money for gifts, but I have plenty of cardmaking supplies, so I'm working on making the most fabulous card ever for my husband…it's going to be hard because it has to reflect how wonderful, loving, caring, thoughtful, helpful, etc. that he is! He's all that and more!! Thanks for the giveaway!

I don't usually make crafty stuff for the hubby, but this year I did. I'm giving him a mini 10 things I love about you album. And I'm going to pick up some butter rum lifesavers for him – his favorite and not always easy to find.

His Birthday is so close to V-day that I try my best to make him something really special. He wears 2 anklets that I made for him last year. I got him a camera, now he can take a pic of what I make him this year.I am making a card for sure.